{"id":16851,"date":"2023-11-09T07:33:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T02:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16851"},"modified":"2025-04-04T23:45:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:15:04","slug":"taeniogonalos-dhritiae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/taeniogonalos-dhritiae\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Taeniogonalos dhritiae?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Taeniogonalos dhritiae<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0new species of wasp\u00a0discovered\u00a0in the Ranipuram Hills area in the\u00a0Western Ghats of Kerala.<\/li>\n<li>It is named after Dr. Dhriti Banerjee, a noted entomologist.<\/li>\n<li>It is a species in the\u00a0family Trigonalyidae.<\/li>\n<li>While there are about 122 described species of Trigonalyidae in 16 genes worldwide, the\u00a0knowledge of Indian Trigonalyidae is scanty, with only eight described species till date.<\/li>\n<li>These insects\u00a0are hyperparasitoids (parasites of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/environment\/wildlife\/new-species-of-wasp-discovered-in-kerala-2762238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/environment\/wildlife\/new-species-of-wasp-discovered-in-kerala-2762238<\/u><\/a> ) where\u00a0females lay eggs on other parasitic wasps.<\/li>\n<li>The Trigonalyidae\u00a0family is found in abundance in parts of Europe, Northern Africa, and Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>ZSI is a\u00a0premier research organization functioning\u00a0under the\u00a0Union\u00a0Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>ZSI has been actively\u00a0involved since its inception in 1916\u00a0in the survey, exploration, and research leading to the expansion of our knowledge\u00a0on the immensely rich faunal diversity of our country.<\/li>\n<li>ZSI\u00a0headquarters is located in Kolkata and have 16 regional centres spread across the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a Parasite?<\/h3>\n<p>A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism (called the host) and benefits at the expense of the host. The parasite derives its nourishment and often shelter from the host, and in the process, it may harm or weaken the host. Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship where one organism (the parasite) benefits while the other (the host) is harmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/environment\/wildlife\/new-species-of-wasp-discovered-in-kerala-2762238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>New species of wasp discovered in Kerala<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taeniogonalos dhritia is a new species of wasp discovered in the Ranipuram Hills area in the Western Ghats of Kerala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}